E KOMO MAI TO THE HAWAII SECTION OF
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Formed on October 4, 1937, the Hawaii Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers is the local Section of the national ASCE organization, which includes some 150,000 members worldwide.
The mission of the Hawaii Section is to develop leadership, advance technology, advocate lifelong learning, and promote the profession throughout our State. Hawaii Section activities include promoting civil engineering in local grade schools, providing affordable technical seminars, providing technical assistance to government entities, supporting the University of Hawaii Student Chapter and the Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum, fundraising for scholarships, honoring individuals and notable civil engineering projects in Hawaii, and supporting the civil engineering profession in the State Legislature.
Message from the President Eric Tomishima, S.E., M.ASCE
Aloha,
I am honored to be able to serve as your Section President for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
This year, my main goal is to focus on collaboration with our Younger Member Forum (YMF) and Student Chapter. As we look towards the future of our profession, we need to leverage the knowledge and experience from our lifetime members to guide and cultivate the fresh ideas from our energetic YMF and Student Chapter.
As we do every year, we will continue to support our YMF. I encourage you to check out their website and join their email list to keep up to date with all their networking, outreach events, and fundraisers they are doing. Please visit their site for more information. https://ascehawaiiymf.org/ We will also focus our support on the Student Chapter as they host the 2024 Pacific Southwest Student Symposium in Hawaii. This will be the third time in the Student Chapter’s history that the competition will be held in Hawaii. When I was a student attending the University of Hawaii (UH) in 2009, the competition was last held here. I have fond memories of being a captain in the steel bridge competition and I was so grateful for all the help that was provided to us by all the Alumni. So, in order to pay it forward, the Executive Committee will be providing our full support to the Student Chapter. I humbly ask that all our members also provide their full support to the UH students as they welcome the students from various student chapters from region 9. Please visit their site for more information. http://asceuhm.weebly.com/
Lastly, please take some time to learn what Region 8 and the Hawaii Section have been doing together by visiting their website. We are proud to be a part of Region 8 because “Region 8 is great!” We have a great Executive Committee and dedicated committee chairs. I want to acknowledge and thank them all for their continued dedication to and support of ASCE and the Hawaii Section!
Mahalo, and I look forward to serving you!
Eric Tomishima, P.E., M.ASCE
ASCE Hawaii Section President
Congratulations!
to Dr. Roger Babcock for being named the 2024 ASCE Region 8 Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year!
This prestigious award recognizes one exemplary engineer from ASCE Region 8 for their contributions to civil engineering through leadership, research and/or career accomplishment, as well as their contributions to the community, society and humanity. Region 8 is largest geographic area in the ASCE Society and consists of Alaska, Arizona, Columbia, Hawaii, Inland Empire, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Seattle, Southern Idaho, Tacoma-Olympia, Utah, and the western Canadian areas of Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
Roger Babcock, JR, PhD, P.E., M.ASCE is the Director of Environmental Services for the City & County of Honolulu and was Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa 25 years prior. Dr. Babcock currently directs the wastewater and solid waste utilities for the City & County of Honolulu, which is encompasses the whole island of Oahu, with a population of approx. 1M people; Dr. Babcock’s civil engineering contributions through leadership include work throughout his career and through his participation in professional organizations, like ASCE, as well as in his community; he says, “being a civil engineer for 30+ years has been an amazing, fun, and satisfying adventure.”
ASCE Region 8 Director, Larry Magura, will be presenting Dr. Babcock with his award at the ASCE Hawaii Section Outstanding Civil Engineering Awards (OCEA) Banquet that will be held on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at the Kahala Hotel and Resort. More details regarding the event will be distributed soon.
NEWS
2024 Hawaii Section Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award
The ASCE Hawaii Sections Outstanding Civil Engineering Awards Banquet is coming up and will be held on Thursday, September 26th at The Kahala Hotel and Resort
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